Plywood Sliding Cabinet Doors

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Plywood sliding cabinet doors.

A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. The cabinet is just a basic box. Edge banding is of a matching wood species. Video 1 of 2 shows step by step how i made it.

This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood. Nothing more than simple framing covered with plywood. X research source cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. You only need inexpensive hollow core doors and sliding door hardware.

From cut to size door and drawer fronts from rehau and pannellis to cabinet components from rincomatic we have a solution for a every design style and budget. Slab plywood doors slab plywood doors are real wood veneer over plywood with a banded edge. Installing the doors is exactly like installing sliding closet doors. Don t let the size of this sliding cabinet doors diy project fool you.

Excellent quality hardwood sliding door tracks. Shows how to router the edges of the door to give it a custom detail. For a handsome natural wood look we used 3 4 in. I wanted the entire cabinet carcass to be hidden and basically let the doors steal the show.

I build a simple cabinet with sliding doors. That s why i chose a specialty plywood option and went with hickory. I didn t want my doors rubbing against my cabinet faceframes so i attached a strip of 1 4 plywood at the top and bottom rails. Birch plywood for the sliding doors.

You can reduce the cost by using mdf medium density fiberboard for painted cabinets or even construction grade plywood for down and dirty utility cabinets. Now i did full overlay doors. For the doors i measured my cabinet box and cut the hickory panels smaller on in both. Add doors drawers shelves to cabinets.

Cabinet door only hinges sold separately maximum width available for doors is 24 slab cabinet door slab flat door edge details. A banded edge door may have a rough seam that may show through the. There is a joist right above the front edge of these upper cabinets so i butted a 2 4 up right against the front of the cabinets and drove 3 screws in at an angle in order to secure it to the joist.